Doug Baker
Douglas Lee Baker
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 3, 1961 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Granada Hills (Granada Hills, CA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1984
Final Game: April 12, 1990
Relatives: Brother of Dave Baker
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 DET AL 23 SS 39 27 255.0 129 46 79 4 18 .969 -2.4 -11.3 -3.4 -1.9 -1.5 1 4.41 3.21 .962 4.76 3.93
1984 DET AL 23 2B 5 4 39.1 18 10 7 1 2 .944 -1.5 -45.8 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 3.89 3.40 .983 5.24 4.44
1984 DET AL 23 DH 1
1985 DET AL 24 SS 12 6 59.0 25 12 12 1 2 .960 -1.6 -32.5 -1.6 -1.2 -0.4 0 3.66 2.00 .964 4.64 3.93
1985 DET AL 24 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
1986 DET AL 25 SS 10 8 68.2 33 13 19 1 5 .970 -1.0 -17.5 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 0 4.19 3.20 .967 4.53 3.94
1986 DET AL 25 2B 2 1 11.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.91 3.00 .983 5.07 4.35
1986 DET AL 25 DH 1
1987 DET AL 26 SS 6 0 9.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.4 186.7 1.4 1.1 0.3 0 10.00 1.67 .970 4.60 4.02
1987 DET AL 26 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.50
1987 DET AL 26 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1988 MIN AL 27 SS 9 2 28.0 11 5 6 0 3 1.000 -0.3 -12.9 -0.3 -0.7 0.4 0 3.54 1.22 .973 4.69 4.14
1988 MIN AL 27 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
1988 MIN AL 27 3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1989 MIN AL 28 2B 25 9 102.1 55 22 32 1 4 .982 1.7 19.9 1.7 0.4 1.3 0 4.75 2.16 .982 5.24 4.51
1989 MIN AL 28 SS 19 11 108.0 52 20 31 1 5 .981 -1.8 -20.0 -1.8 -1.6 -0.2 0 4.25 2.68 .971 4.79 4.11
1989 MIN AL 28 DH 1
1990 MIN AL 29 2B 3 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 5.40 1.00 1.000 5.22 4.53
6 Seasons SS 95 54 527.2 260 98 155 7 34 .973 -5.7 -13.0 -6.7 -4.9 -1.8 1 4.32 2.66 .965 4.72 3.99
7 Seasons 2B 38 14 162.2 82 37 43 2 6 .976 0.4 3.0 0.4 0.7 -0.3 0 4.43 2.11 .983 5.23 4.49
3 Seasons DH 3
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.35
7 Seasons TOT 135 68 692.1 343 135 199 9 40 .974 -5.1 -8.8 -6.1 -4.0 -2.1 1 4.34 2.47 .943 4.83 4.11
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 DET AL 23 43 31 43 42 0 0 0 5 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1985 DET AL 24 15 6 15 13 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1986 DET AL 25 13 9 13 12 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 DET AL 26 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 MIN AL 27 11 2 11 11 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 MIN AL 28 43 20 43 40 0 0 0 25 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
1990 MIN AL 29 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 136 68 136 129 0 0 0 38 2 95 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1984 DET AL 23 1098 50% 79% 25% 88 95% 1 46 21 23 2 75 54 18 0 0 4 0 3 1 3 19 8 1 7 0 3 19 9 10 0 0 0
1985 DET AL 24 268 60% 76% 21% 22 95% 0 13 9 4 0 12 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1986 DET AL 25 284 57% 76% 28% 25 96% 0 13 6 5 2 20 14 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1
1987 DET AL 26 39 62% 82% 36% 9 100% 0 2 1 1 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 27 131 50% 70% 21% 10 100% 0 6 5 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1989 MIN AL 28 460 65% 77% 30% 46 93% 0 20 15 3 2 30 21 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2280 55% 77% 26% 200 96% 1 100 57 37 6 151 108 38 0 1 7 0 5 2 5 35 16 1 9 0 5 32 17 14 2 0 2
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1984 DET AL 23 166 52% 69% 22% 10 90% 0 9 4 4 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1985 DET AL 24 6 50% 50% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 DET AL 25 51 61% 84% 25% 4 75% 0 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 DET AL 26 7 43% 57% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 27 5 40% 60% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MIN AL 28 442 71% 78% 30% 41 93% 0 23 7 10 6 33 29 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0
1990 MIN AL 29 23 74% 96% 17% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 700 65% 76% 27% 58 91% 0 37 13 16 8 43 37 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 6 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 2 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 DET AL 26 3 100% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 27 5 40% 60% 20% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 8 63% 63% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 90% 70%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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